Question

I have selected multiple columns from my table, but I don’t know how to pass it to my view.

 var result = (from f in db.firmware
               where f.firmware_release_type_text != "" 
                     || f.firmware_release_type_text != null 
                     || f.firmware_release_number_int != 0
               select new{
                    f.firmware_release_type_text, 
                    f.firmware_release_number_int
               }).Distinct();

The result is f__anonymous2. I want to some how use it in my view. all the forums have just answered how to choose multiple columns, but nobody mentions how to pass them. I think I’m missing something obvious.

I want to be able to use this fields, or even merge them as one string.

I have tried Cast and so many other options which did not work.

When I try to force casting it sting, I get :

Unable to cast the type 'Anonymous type' to type 'System.String'

Thanks

UPDATE:

At the end I went with:

var result = (from f in db.firmware
              where (f.firmware_release_type_text != "") 
                    && (f.firmware_release_type_text != null) 
                    && (f.firmware_release_number_int != 0)
              select  new{
                          f.firmware_release_type_text, 
                          f.firmware_release_number_int
                      }
              ).Distinct();

        List<string> result2 = new List<string>();
        foreach (var item in result)
        {
            result2.Add(item.firmware_release_type_text 
                        + "-" + item.firmware_release_number_int);
        }

Answer 1

If you want to return your data as a string you have to say how it should be formatted. You could for example change this:

select new
{
    f.firmware_release_type_text , f.firmware_release_number_int
}

To this:

select f.firmware_release_type_text + " v" + (int)f.firmware_release_number_int